Spike Lee Sez: Haters Gonna Hate
Spike’s getting a ton of hate due to his Kickstarter campaign. He doesn’t care though, because, in his own words – Fuck ’em.
That criticism is bullshit. The founders of Kickstarter told me, ‘Spike, Kickstarter is for everybody.’ They did tell me there would be some flak. Zach Braff got some flak. This is not new. What people are missing is that the people who are pledging money have never been on Kickstarter before. Most hadn’t even heard of it. A large percentage of that is Black folks who had never heard of Kickstarter, so that complaint that I’m hurting somebody is not true. Plus, I’ve always been a champion of young filmmakers. Why have I taught at NYU for the past 15 years? You know the phrase, ‘haters gonna hate’? We’re not worrying about that. We have a goal, and the people hating don’t like my films anyway. So fuck ’em.”
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